"The commandment 'do not kill' holds absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty."

Donald Trump wins first two primaries but now faces the tough part.

Pope Francis reminds: "Don’t confuse the evil of avoiding pregnancy by itself, with abortion."

Calling the accusations "without foundation and utterly false," the cardinal "strongly denies any wrongdoing.

Trouble roils around Head of the Vatican Bank Cardinal George Pell.

"The key point is welcome—that is characteristic of this pontificate."

On British exit, divisions among EU leaders are much wider than previously thought.

Even if anti-Catholicism has abated, nativism remains in American politics.

God isn’t a mysterious object to be cajoled or collared.

The GOP primary comes after a late endorsement for Rubio and a papal scolding for Trump.

'Structures of Grace,' by Kevin Ahern

'That's the Way It Is,' by Charles L. Ponce de Leon

"When persecution happens in Nigeria, Pakistan or Iraq, it is not happening to 'others.'

How could someone be a human being and God at the same time? If we think that Jesus did not really suffer emotionally, physically and even spiritually on the cross, we may be less likely to turn to him in our own struggles.

Jacobnever climbed the ladderburning in his dream. Sleeppressed him like a stonein the dust,and whenhe should have risenlike a flame to jointhat choir, he was sickof traveling,and closedhis eyes to the Seraphimascending, unconsciousof the impossible distancesbetween their steps,missedthem mount the

Recent attacks on civilians in Nigeria renew a grisly debate: Is Boko Haram the world’s deadliest terrorist group or should ISIS bear that odious distinction? Though it received relatively little press attention, in 2014 Boko Haram managed to kill far more people in its various rampages than I

The problems with for-profit prisons are well documented.

Francis could open doors in his Exhortation on the Family.

More than 150 Coptic Christians took part in a sit-in convened on Sunday, Feb. 7, in front of the provincial administration office in Minya, Egypt, to bring to the attention of the authorities the case of an 18-year-old Coptic girl missing for several days. The family of the young woman, resident in